To help achieve Blatchford’s goal to be a carbon-neutral community that uses renewable energy, a District Energy Sharing System will provide environmentally-friendly heating, cooling and hot water to homes and buildings. But how are we making this happen? By tapping into a renewable energy source that is all around us – or below us, to…
Category: Construction
Fall 2019 Newsletter
Homes for Sale The community just keeps growing! Mutti Homes has announced they will be building more new townhomes in Blatchford. Their next development, Modern Farmhouse9, features 2 or 3 bedroom layouts, contemporary design and customizable floor plans. Encore Master Builder, Ocheller by RedBrick and Carbon Busters also have select townhomes remaining, so contact our builders today to find…
Blatchford’s Energy Centre One – Designing a building for sustainability.
With residential construction underway, Blatchford is on its way to becoming the home of Edmonton’s first sustainable community. A big part of the neighbourhood being green is the use of an environmentally-friendly District Energy Sharing System, which is a highly-efficient centralized system that provides the energy for heating, cooling (air conditioning) and hot water to…
Celebrating the future – Major milestones at Blatchford.
Let’s talk about what makes Blatchford different. A strong vision ✔ Sustainability goals ✔ A forward-thinking energy strategy ✔ A District Energy Sharing System ✔ On September 20, Blatchford celebrated two major milestones that demonstrate how we are doing things differently: the completion of the first Energy Centre for the District Energy Sharing System and…
Blatchford’s building partner sourced sustainable solutions
Blatchford is aiming to be a community that uses 100% renewable energy, is carbon neutral, and that makes easy for residents to live green. The completion of the first geoexchange field and Energy Centre as part of the community District Energy Sharing System (DESS), which provides environmentally-friendly heating, cooling and hot water to buildings in…
Summer 2019 Newsletter
Designing for Sustainability You’d never know by looking at the first stormwater pond in Blatchford that under the surface lies a system that dramatically changes how this community will get its energy. Under this pond, lies a geoexchange field with 570 boreholes that will harness the energy below the earth’s surface. In order to understand why…